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Shania Twain has apologised for comments in which she claimed that she would have voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 US presidential elected because he was ‘honest’.

The Canadian country star made the remarks in a new interview, and suggested that if she was voting she would ‘have voted for a feeling that it was transparent’.

However after a growing backlash the singer took to Twitter to ‘apologise to anybody I have offended’.

‘I am passionately against discrimination of any kind and hope it’s clear from the choices I have made, and the people I stand with, that I do not hold any common moral beliefs with the current president,’ she tweeted.

Trump is the most divisive US president ever (Picture: AP)

‘I was trying to explain, in a response to a question about the election, that my limited understanding was that the president talked to a portion of America like an accessible person they could relate to, as he was not a politician,’ she added.

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‘My answer was awkward, but certainly should not be taken as representative of my values nor does it mean I endorse him. I make music to bring people together. My path will always be one of inclusivity, as my history shows.’

In the Guardian article, Shania was asked about the 2016 election and she said she ‘would have voted for [Trump] because, even though he was offensive, he seemed honest’.

‘Do you want straight or polite? Not that you shouldn’t be able to have both. If I were voting, I just don’t want bullshit. I would have voted for a feeling that it was transparent. And politics has a reputation of not being that, right?’ she added.

I would like to apologise to anybody I have offended in a recent interview with the Guardian relating to the American President. The question caught me off guard. As a Canadian, I regret answering this unexpected question without giving my response more context (1/4)

I am passionately against discrimination of any kind and hope it’s clear from the choices I have made, and the people I stand with, that I do not hold any common moral beliefs with the current President (2/4)

I was trying to explain, in response to a question about the election, that my limited understanding was that the President talked to a portion of America like an accessible person they could relate to, as he was NOT a politician (3/4)

My answer was awkward, but certainly should not be taken as representative of my values nor does it mean I endorse him. I make music to bring people together. My path will always be one of inclusivity, as my history shows. (4/4)